all is calm, all is bright

I popped by the Merry Monday Christmas Challenge this week which focused on using a favorite Christmas verse. Immediately the words to Silent Night came to mind and a PTI Christmas Faith stamp set of shorter phrases, one of which was from Silent Night. The scene was stamped with an older Hero Arts cling stamp, Merriest Christmas Wishes, and inked with Broken China DI Oxide on the bumpier side of a Ranger water color paper panel. The paper texture caused spotted coverage even with two tries which sort of looks like a snowy evening around the lone bird. A sentiment was stamped with black ink below and the panel adhered to a white card front.

While I had the Hero Arts stamp out, I made two more cards of different designs. The second card framed the square with a PTI Center Style: Feminine die cut from silver card stock and a PTI Bells & Boughs' sentiment. This was centered on an aqua panel banded with a coordinated pattern paper and added to an A2 white card

The third card uses the PTI Quilted: Tag Sale to frame the scene. In this panel I manipulated the oxide ink with water to create a varied look before white embossing a sentiment from PTI's Thrill of Hope.

I fell in love with the aqua birch tree pattern paper and added it to the card front before mounting the tag on foam.

Fantastic to have three cards ready for next Christmas!

Christmas card parade

When it's less than a week before Christmas and you're still crafting cards, it's time to panic!

I've enjoyed older stamp and die sets, pattern papers and using new stuff too!

Card #1

This is a case from tjeter912 on instagram. Seeing her card inspired

me to use dies from PTI Tinsel & Tags and Petite Places Church.

Card #2

Several cards by Mary Rose prompted me to use the Make it Market Holiday
Folk mini kit. I found a preprinted sheet from the kit to embellish.

Cards 3 & 4
 PTI MIM Holiday Folk kit again. The background and center
 panels were cut with PTI Scalloped A2 Vertical dies from PTI
gingham, pattern paper from the folk kit and watercolor cardstock.

Card #3

                   

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Card #4

                                                           

Linking these final two cards to Merry Monday #270 christmas-tic-tac-toe

Card #3 - "stamping, pattern paper & emboss"

Card #4 - "red, twine & emboss"

JOY

 Merry Monday Christmas Challenge: #255

It's always a "joy" to add to the Christmas cards finished pile!

The alphabet "joy" letters are from Altenew, the rest of the dies are Papertrey Ink.
No stamping on these cards.

#1

#2

#3

#4

These cards were inspired by the challenge at Merry Monday
I'm also linking to Happy Little Stampers - Glitter 
Cards 2 & 4 have a bit of glitter in the joy letters and Card 2 has a glitter tape line across the middle.